News question 3 - essay
Explain how the political context in which newspapers are produced, influences their ownership and regulation. Refer to the Guardian and The daily mail newspapers you have studied to support your answer [10]
The UK newspaper industry is dominated by 3 newsbrands, making it an oligopolistic market. This dominant ownership means that it influences how newspapers are produced, as well as their values, attitudes and the way they are regulated.
The Daily Mail belongs to the DMGT group, which is run by Lord Rotheremere, who also owns some more uk newspapers. He is a press baron and so the owner and editors relationship can have an effect on the production and content of the stories in the paper. The capitalist nature of the market, means that the Daily Mail makes a profit by selling the paper to readers.
Conversley, The Guardian is a more private paper, who is run by The Scotts Trust, who financially administrate the paper. This means their quality of editing is more independent, making it more balanced to journalism. Any profits that are made by the paper, are retained and go back into the paper, unlike the Daily Mail. The Guardian is a great example of the Scott Trust keeping up with quality press.
The Leveson enquiry examined the culture, practice and ethics of the press and found out that the relationship between the press, police and politicians was very close. Post the Leveson enquiry, two new organisations were set up to regulate newspapers and make sure they are following rules; IPSO who arent a leveson complaint and has their own set of regulatory rules, and the Daily Mail is part of it. The other is IMPRESS who are a complaint regulator of Leveson for more niche, quality papers. The Guardian however, all though they are a quality paper, arent part of either organisation, as they believe it would damage their own editorial nature of the paper.
Even though the Leveson enquiry stated the close relationship of the press and politicians, it is clear to see that there are still lots of political bias within the news UK industry. The Daily Mail are traditionally a right-wing conservative paper, who have capitalist values and beliefs. We can identify this conservative approach through their "give us election now" headline back in September 2019, highlighting their right-wing, middle market newspaper stance. The Guardian however, are a left-wing, labour supporting party who have socialist views and beliefs. They attack the conservative party, mainly the prime ministers, approach to the 2019 election, through the headline "speak for Britian" where they mock the PM for believing he does that for the country.This shows the total difference between the two papers, and how their political stance can give different values and beliefs.
To conclude, it is clear to see that the relationship between the political contexts, ownership, production and regulation are quite complex in the UK newspaper industry. This is because the dominant nature of the market makes the content very politicised as the views are only held from a small number of people, who are rich and successful, meaning they can control what is said in newspapers. Therefore, the ownership models of the Daily Mail and the Guardian are very likely to be differentiated because the ownership offers different values and beliefs towards a lot of different subjects, like regulation. There is still today a lot of political bias between all newspapers which highlights the importance of the uk press organisations.
The UK newspaper industry is dominated by 3 newsbrands, making it an oligopolistic market. This dominant ownership means that it influences how newspapers are produced, as well as their values, attitudes and the way they are regulated.
The Daily Mail belongs to the DMGT group, which is run by Lord Rotheremere, who also owns some more uk newspapers. He is a press baron and so the owner and editors relationship can have an effect on the production and content of the stories in the paper. The capitalist nature of the market, means that the Daily Mail makes a profit by selling the paper to readers.
Conversley, The Guardian is a more private paper, who is run by The Scotts Trust, who financially administrate the paper. This means their quality of editing is more independent, making it more balanced to journalism. Any profits that are made by the paper, are retained and go back into the paper, unlike the Daily Mail. The Guardian is a great example of the Scott Trust keeping up with quality press.
The Leveson enquiry examined the culture, practice and ethics of the press and found out that the relationship between the press, police and politicians was very close. Post the Leveson enquiry, two new organisations were set up to regulate newspapers and make sure they are following rules; IPSO who arent a leveson complaint and has their own set of regulatory rules, and the Daily Mail is part of it. The other is IMPRESS who are a complaint regulator of Leveson for more niche, quality papers. The Guardian however, all though they are a quality paper, arent part of either organisation, as they believe it would damage their own editorial nature of the paper.
Even though the Leveson enquiry stated the close relationship of the press and politicians, it is clear to see that there are still lots of political bias within the news UK industry. The Daily Mail are traditionally a right-wing conservative paper, who have capitalist values and beliefs. We can identify this conservative approach through their "give us election now" headline back in September 2019, highlighting their right-wing, middle market newspaper stance. The Guardian however, are a left-wing, labour supporting party who have socialist views and beliefs. They attack the conservative party, mainly the prime ministers, approach to the 2019 election, through the headline "speak for Britian" where they mock the PM for believing he does that for the country.This shows the total difference between the two papers, and how their political stance can give different values and beliefs.
To conclude, it is clear to see that the relationship between the political contexts, ownership, production and regulation are quite complex in the UK newspaper industry. This is because the dominant nature of the market makes the content very politicised as the views are only held from a small number of people, who are rich and successful, meaning they can control what is said in newspapers. Therefore, the ownership models of the Daily Mail and the Guardian are very likely to be differentiated because the ownership offers different values and beliefs towards a lot of different subjects, like regulation. There is still today a lot of political bias between all newspapers which highlights the importance of the uk press organisations.
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